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29.4; Doc of `file-newer-than-file-p'

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From: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, 73709 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: Re: bug#73709: 29.4; Doc of `file-newer-than-file-p'
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:01:04 -0400

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Perhaps something simple like "This function returns t if the file
filename1 is newer than file filename2*, as reported by your operating
system.*"

On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 10:52 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> > From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> > CC: "73709 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <73709 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> > Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 14:20:21 +0000
> >
> > > So these are the conceptual difficulties we bump into when we go down
> > > to this low level.
> >
> > There's no reason to go down to a low level
> > to fix this doc bug for `file-newer-than-file-p'.
>
> You are missing the point of my post.  The point was not to say this
> should be in the doc string, the point was to explain why "time of the
> last write" is still not accurate in some quite widespread cases.  The
> low-level details were meant to explain the subtleties, so that if
> someone has ideas how to describe that _without_ getting into details,
> but also without being inaccurate, could understand the problem to
> solve.
>
>
>
>

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